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Genus Stonyx

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)

Subfamily Anthracinae

Tribe Villini

Genus Stonyx

Explanation of Names

Stonyx Osten Sacken 1886

Numbers

1 sp. in our area, 5 spp. total(1)

Range

AZ to Panama, with just 2 spp. ranging beyond Mexico(1)

See Also

Can be distinguished from Lepidanthrax by having 3 (rather that 2) sub-marginal cells(2) (i.e. R2+3 and R4 connected by a cross-vein):

Works Cited

1.	Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site

2.	A revision of the North and Central American species of Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Hall J.C. 1976. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 102(3): 289-371.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 17 March, 2009 - 5:24pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2021 - 3:06pm

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